The #1 R&B song on August 21, 1948

I Can't Go on Without You By Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats

Other #1 songs on August 21, 1948

#1 Hit Song

You Call Everybody Darlin'
Al Trace

#1 Country Song

Bouquet of Roses
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Notable August 21 birthdays in the 1940s

Loretta Devine
Movie Actress
Born August 21, 1949
Patrick Demarchelier
Photographer
Born August 21, 1943
Pat Hayes
Computer Scientist
Born August 21, 1944
Jackie Deshannon
Pop Singer
Born August 21, 1941
William Lanier
Football Player
Born August 21, 1945